Last October, our four kids participated in Scout Apple Day. We stood outside a local mall, on a cold, rainy day, and tried to sell apples seek donations for Scouts. Our particular location was a really tough sell. Not all…

“Do you have a tendency to procrastinate, or do you like checking things off your to-do list?” Both. I don’t think these things are mutually exclusive. I can be completely gung-ho about a project. In fact, sometimes I am so singularly…

A couple of months ago, I sat around a table with Kelly Drennan, the founding executive director of Fashion Takes Action (FTA), and several of the members of FTA’s Board of Directors. I sat there, generally quiet, listening intently. I…

As part of my commitment to more blogging this year, I’ve been thinking about participating in the January 2014 NaBloPoMo: write a blog post every day for the month of January. Every day. There are lots of things I do…

As many of you know, my 7 year old has food allergies. We discovered his dairy and egg allergies when he was about 10 months old, when he was 18 months old he reacted to bananas, and we discovered his…

My 11 year old is quite the foodie. He loves to bake and cook and he’s not afraid of flavour. The kid loves spicy things and is generally pretty adventurous when it comes to eating. One of his favourite…

Last month I bought a pair of black, El Naturalista tall boots. I’d been thinking about them for a while and they were on sale, so I bought them. Everyone needs a pair of basic, black, flat/low heel tall boots…

My dear readers, thank you for reading, commenting on, and sharing my last post, The Things I Remember. It’s feels like the most important thing I’ve ever written. I didn’t exactly plan to write that when I did; it’s something that I’ve tried to…